BWW's Top Buffalo Theatre Stories of 2012
By: BWW Special Coverage Dec. 26, 2012
BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Buffalo in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!
January
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NOCO Energy Group to Support THE RETURN OF Alec Baldwin, 1/27 Local non-profit theatre company Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced that NOCO Energy Corp. has committed to a supporting sponsorship of its upcoming benefit event, The Return of Ale... (read more...) |
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Further Sponsors Announced For Alec Baldwin Non-Profit Event On Friday, January 27 th, stage and screen actor Alec Baldwin will perform live for an audience in Western New York (WNY) to benefit local non-profit theatre company Road Less Traveled Productions (RL... (read more...) |
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American Rep Theater of WNY Presents THE GIN GAME 1/20-2/12 The American Rep Theater of WNY starts the New Year and the second-half of the 2011-12 season with a production of D.L. Colburn's classic work, THE GIN GAME, to be presented at the Buffalo East, 1410 ... (read more...) |
February
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Fallsview Casino Resort Hosts Carol Burnett, 5/4 & 5 Audience members will have a rare opportunity to engage with legendary entertainer Carol Burnett in an intimate setting as she takes the stage May 4 & 5 at the Fallsview Casino Resort, performing Laug... (read more...) |
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Lancaster Opera House and ART to Present GREATER TUNA, 3/2-11 Greater Tuna is described as 'a funny, feisty stage comedy set in Tuna... the third smallest town in the great big state of Texas.'... (read more...) |
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John Fredo And Derek Campbell Return To Road Less Traveled Theater Actor John Fredo and director Derek Campbell will reunite to bring to life the world-premiere production of Darryl Schneider's Clean Break, beginning Friday, March 9th, 2012, at the Road Less Traveled... (read more...) |
March
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Chautauqua Theater Company 2012 Summer Season to Include AS YOU LIKE IT, PHILADELPHIA STORY Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) announces its 29th season as the resident theater on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution -- western New York's summer arts festival. The 2012 season includes the... (read more...) |
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Billy Elliot & More set for Shea's Performing Arts Center in 2012-13 Shea's Performing Arts Center has just announced their 2012-13 season. Celebrating 25 years of Broadway in Buffalo, Billy Elliot, JEKYLL AND HYDE, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, THE BOOK OF MORMON, an... (read more...) |
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First Rochester Fringe Fest Seeks Applications The First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival will make its debut in downtown Rochester's culturally-rich East End on September 20-23, 2012.... (read more...) |
April
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SOME ENCHANTED EVENING... to Play in MusicalFare Theatre's T3 Series, 5/3 As part of MusicalFare Theatre's T3 Series and in connection with MusicalFare's current production of A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING, MusicalFare presents "Some Enchanted Evening...." Thursday, May 3, 2012, ... (read more...) |
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Road Less Traveled Productions to Honor A.R. Gurney, 5/5 A.R. Gurney, a Buffalo native and nationally produced playwright, will be honored in Buffalo on Saturday, May 5 th , by Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) at its 2012 Spring Gala. Mr. Gurney is RLT... (read more...) |
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Subversive Theatre Presents Mamet's SPEED THE PLOW, Now thru 5/13 For the sixth show in its 2011-2012 Season, Subversive Theatre teams up with Trajicom Productions to present David Mamet's ever-incendiary play SPEED THE PLOW. Directed by Christopher Standart, the ca... (read more...) |
May
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Photo Flash: Local Playwrights One-Act Showcase for John F Kennedy, DonnaMarie Vaughan, Justin Karcher Set for May 17 The last production of the American Repertory Theater of WNY 2011-12 season features the annual Local Playwrights One-Act Showcase, on May 24 to June 2 at Buffalo East, 1410 Main Street, Buffalo. The ... (read more...) |
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Archie Barlow to Speak at Road Less Traveled Theatre, 6/7-21 Buffalo native and award-winning writer, poet, and spoken-word artist Archie "The Messenger" Barlow will appear locally for two weeks in June in an evening of poetry and theatre.... (read more...) |
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RLTP Announces Inaugural Ensemble Class Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP), a non-profit professional theatre company dedicated to the development and production of world-premiere plays by Western New York (WNY) playwrights, has announce... (read more...) |
June
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BWW Review: MEMPHIS Lives in Buffalo! Anyone who knows me knows that I adore MEMPHIS. Back in 2011, I had the opportunity to see the show on Broadway and I met the fantastical Chad Kimball. Later that year, I went to see the Direct from B... (read more...) |
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ART Presents Young Playwrights Festival, July 16-24 The American Repertory Theater of WNY presents the Young Playwrights Festival at the Buffalo Canalside's Historical Ruins on July 16th-17th & July 23rd-24th, 2-5 pm. The festival features works from p... (read more...) |
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MusicalFare Theatre Presents HAIR, 7/5-8/11 MusicalFare presents a re-conceived version of the tribal love-rock musical that originally defined the genre of the 'rock musical.' Join our "tribe' as we present this gigantic show in our intimate ... (read more...) |
July
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STAGE TUBE: Billy Elliot Tour Hits Buffalo's Shea's Performing Arts Center in September Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo will welcome the Billy Elliot tour from September 25 through September 30, 2012.... (read more...) |
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American Repertory Theater of WNY's Young Playwrights Festival Runs 7/16-17, 23-24 In keeping with the artistic mission statement, The American Repertory Theater of WNY is proud to present the Young Playwrights Festival at the Buffalo Canalside's Historical Ruins on July 16th-17th &... (read more...) |
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Cirque du Soleil Brings Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour to Buffalo, 7/31 The Estate of Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil will present Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour, in Buffalo on July 31, 2012 at 8:00pm at First Niagara Center. The production combines Michael ... (read more...) |
August
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One-Night Only Reading of EURYDICE to Benefit Local Playwrights at Road Less Traveled, 8/18 Road Less Traveled Productions' (RLTP's) Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop (NPW) today announced a special benefit reading of Eurydice, a contemporary take on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus & Eurydi... (read more...) |
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RLTP Announces CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY Weekly Series at Rohall's Corner Road Less Traveled Productions has unveiled the newest addition to its extra-seasonal entertainment line-up. According to Scott Behrend, RLTP's Artistic Director, Celebrity Autobiography @ Rohall's Co... (read more...) |
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Faces of Curtain Up: Interviewing Amy Jakiel, star of Musicalfare's THE MUSIC MAN 9/5-10/14 The first installment of the four-part series Faces of Curtain Up. An interview with Amy Jakiel, who will be appearing as Marian Paroo in Music Man at Musicalfare Theatre from 9/5-10/14. I met with Am... (read more...) |
September
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STAGE TUBE: Promo Video for TOY's KNUFFLE BUNNY, A Cautionary Musical KNUFFLE BUNNY A Cautionary Musical is now running through October 7 at the Theatre of Youth. Script and Lyrics by Mo Willems. Music by Michael Silversher. Based on the book 'Knuffle Bunny: A Cautiona... (read more...) |
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BWW Reviews: Arresting, Emotionally Charged NEXT TO NORMAL at Classical Theatre Company From the opening piano riff, a driving and intense, yet somehow melodic, progression, the Irish Classical Theatre Company's production of Next to Normal is arresting, poignant, and emotionally charged... (read more...) |
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American Repertory Theater of WNY Presents THE GUYS, 9/14-29 Each year in September, media professionals, reporters and editors alike, in both electronic and print formats, are challenged when preparing memorial coverage for the September 11 Terrorist Attacks. ... (read more...) |
October
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BWW Reviews: Solving THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at the Kavinoky Theatre When you hear the name Charles Dickens, you almost automatically put in your mind an image of that cute little orphan boy roaming the streets of London picking pockets, or maybe the Ghosts of Christma... (read more...) |
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RLTP Premieres 2012: END OF THE ROAD, 12/21 It's the end of the world as Buffalo knows it this November as Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) presents the world premiere of 2012: End Of The Road by Jon Elston.... (read more...) |
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Road Less Traveled Productions' RAICES Begins 11/18 For the first time Road Less Traveled Productions and RLTP Ensemble member Victoria Pérez will join forces to bring a unique play-reading series to WNY. The RAICES series will consist of 4 plays writt... (read more...) |
December
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Alemaedae Theater & Xavier Films in Cooperation with RLTP Present THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF Peter Williams, Opening 1/17 Opening Thursday, January 17th, 2013 and running until Sunday, February 3rd, 2013, Alemaedae Theater & Xavier Films present in cooperation with Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP), the hilarious com... (read more...) |
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